SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria's president was set to name diplomat Marin Raikov as interim prime minister on Tuesday, two sources with direct knowledge of the process said, as he seeks to shore up confidence after protests felled the previous administration.
Rosen Plevneliev's choice of an independent figure as prime minister is designed to show protesters a clean break with a political class they view as corrupt and unable to improve living standards in the European Union's poorest member.
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